Based on the 1997 Loomis Fargo bank robbery in Charlotte, North Carolina. The FBI's wiretaps captured the missteps of all those involved. With Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Owen Wilson, Ross Kimball. Now on the lam and in over his head, David must dodge the authorities, evade a hilarious hit man, Mike McKinney, and try to turn the tables on the ones he trusted most. The televised event will celebrate her road to fame, along . See you all in a little bit. Everything changes when he meets Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig), a new employee at his bank, Loomis Fargo. Ghantt says he operates a bulldozer for a small company. Ghantt was apprehended in Mexico and returned to the United States in custody. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Also starring Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, and Jason Sudeikis with appearances from Wiigs Ghostbusters teammates (and current SNL stars) Kate McKinnon and Leslie Jones Masterminds is based on a real heist that happened in the late 1990s. David: You know, put a cap in their ass. Can you tell us anything about either of those roles?Nope [laughs]. David Scott Ghantt: Vault Supervisor I would call us friends. [23], The film went on to gross $29,674,699 worldwide against a $25 million production budget. About $2 million is still unaccounted for. He was making me laugh so hard. Standing in a camp-decorated tuxedo, David sees his sad future ahead of him. Ghantt ultimately agreed to the plan, largely, due to a mountain of credit-card debt and in hopes of changing his life for the better. All were convicted. See production, box office & company info, It's stupidity makes it hilarious, especially for Zach Galifianakis. When he was done, the man drove off to a nearby printing press, where the money was distributed into private vehicles amongst a handful of people. He had just returned to his home in Jacksonville, Fla., when he agreed to talk about the heist, his life now and what went wrong when a group of friends who thought they could get away with stealing $17 million cash. Day in and day out he drives an armored vehicle, transporting millions of other people's money with no escape in sight. According to Citizen-Times, the robbers left behind millions and were caught on camera. See production, box office & company info, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune: James Pickens Jr., Brooke Burns and Johnny Weir. But, of course, its a comedy and its Jared. We were on two separate planets. But their crime was hardly . Ghantt:It baffles me to this day. Chambers never held Campbell hostage by locking her in a shed on his property. At the same time shes asking him to do something she knows may get him in trouble, but we still have to like her. The new winner of Mastermind has become embroiled in a bit of controversy over her final answer - particularly as the question managed to win her the competition. However, he foolishly hands the money over to the group who double-cross him and set him up to take the fall, David must dodge the authorities, evade a hit man, Mike McKinney (Jason Sudeikis), and try to turn the tables on the ones he trusted most. A dangerous one. He is an uncomplicated man stuck in a monotonous life. He has no contact with any of those convicted with him in the crime, including his former wife, and doesn't plan to see the movie, he said. Vote for your favorite Masterminds movie quotes! David: Brace your boobies.Kelly: What?David: Sometimes the only way out is through. Everything changes when he meets Kelly Campbell (Kristen Wiig), a new employee at his bank, Loomis Fargo. movies, anime Famous people, characters, movies, anime. Kelly Campbell turning over marijuana to FBI agents in their initial questioning of her. Did you get paid? Alert: Obviously, spoilers abound. Chambers did hire McKinney to kill Ghantt, but initially McKinney was making personal cash deliveries to Ghantt in Mexico on behalf of Chambers. By subscribing to this BDG newsletter, you agree to our. Mike: So, who y'all want me to kill?Steve: Whoa! That time in prison was actually good for me. I shot them all at very different times.. [9] On June 10, 2013, Owen Wilson joined the cast of the film. Along with a group of half-brained criminals led by Steve Chambers and an absurdly faulted heist . The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $30 million. Let me see!David Ghantt: Oh, God!Kelly Campbell: [looks at his buttocks] I think that bullet just went straight between your cheeks.David Ghantt: Yeah, it feels like it just grazed my biscuits right there betwixt them.Kelly Campbell: Right down the middle. [2][24], On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 34% based on reviews from 99 critics, with an average rating of 4.63/10. Campbell will collaborate on live and original content for Peacock alongside NBCUniversal executives in TV, film, news, and sports in her new position. I wanted to get as far away as I could. Yes, happy. I knew I was going to be the prime suspect. After less than two years as Hulu 's president, Kelly Campbell has left the Disney -controlled streaming service. Look at him! Spoiler alert: Ghantt and his would-be assassin never became friends, although the two did meet a couple of times in Mexico. Not a documentary. And they paid cash. On Saturday night, I went to see "Masterminds," the movie based on the heist that made the Cramer Mountain Hillbillies famous. During our interview, Wiig offered her take on Masterminds, some brief intel on the Ghostbusters she-quel, and her other major movies in the pipeline, including Zoolander 2: The trailers for all these movies of yours have all come out in the past month: The Diary of a Teenage Girl, The Martian, and now Masterminds. David phones Kelly and learns that Steve is trying to kill him, and will not send the money for him as expected. Kelly Campbell has been hired president of Peacock, a competitor streaming service, only two days after quitting Hulu. That remains a mystery. Kelly is then attacked by Jandice, who learns of her involvement with David, at the mall and escapes. Springer, 78, did not release a statement about the show's cancelation, but he spoke to Entertainment Tonight about the demise of the once popular talk show. In last week's final, which was. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. [17] The film was previously scheduled to be released on August 14, 2015, August 7, 2015, and August 19, 2015, a date which, in July 2015, Relativity rescheduled to October 9, 2015. Kelly and Carol's astounding duet is just one way the actress is promoting her special, which airs tonight on her 90th birthday on NBC. To get rid of David, Steve hires hit man Mike. I knew it was just a matter of time. [13] Principal photography began on July 7, 2014, in Old Fort and Swannanoa, North Carolina in the Asheville area. You load up a truck and you drive away. Pushed back from a 2015 release date, Masterminds opened in theaters on September 30, 2016. In real life: False. And that's OK with Ghantt, who's just a few weeks shy of his 47th birthday, out of federal prison for more than a decade, married with a 9-year-old daughter and happy. Kelly: Nice! Not in front ofMike McKinney: [as Steve nods his head towards his sons] Oh, is it one of them?Steve Chambers: No.Michelle: Boys, go upstairs right now. Steve Chambers: Kelly tells me you all work together over at Loomis. Pretty funny stuff. Mike, however, show's he's a bit eager to kill as he wonders if the job is meant for Mike's two young boys, who are also sitting in on the conversation. 2023 BDG Media, Inc. All rights reserved. Ghantt, played by Wilkesboro native Zach Galifianakis, was the Loomis Fargo worker who loaded up a work van with $17 million in cash at the end of his shift and then just drove off. Steve bails with the money, leaves David to take the fall and even hires slightly unstable hit man Mike (Jason Sudeikis) to kill off David. 2K views, 27 likes, 7 loves, 18 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Dbstvstlucia: DBS MORNING SHOW & OBITUARIES 25TH APRIL 2023 APRIL 2023 No. The '90s are the best! Along with a group of half-brained criminals led by Steve Chambers and an absurdly faulted heist plan, David manages the impossible and makes off with $17 million in cashonly problem is he foolishly hands the money over to this wild group of double crossers and has been set up to take the fall. My desk phone didn't have a cellphone back then started ringing off the hook that March morning in 1998. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery. Additionally, Ghantt did not show up to work the next morning, putting his whereabouuts into question. Ghantt would pocket the $50,000 and head to Mexico with Campbell, where he'd stay until it was safe to come back. "[25] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 47 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". David Ghantt: My name is David Ghantt, I always felt I was destined for a life of adventure. If only it were that simple. What Shows Have Been Renewed or Canceled. Instead, from now on, Ghantt's new reality includes a boring repetitiveness of collecting and delivering money, up until that day that Kelly Campbell, a new and exciting colleague, entered the company's door rocking David's world for good. But he found his happy place: Hollywood, Documentary reveals how two Charlotte men discovered an ugly past and confronted it, Meet 5 Gen Z drivers challenging NASCAR stereotypes in Charlotte, While looking for love on The Bachelor, NC nurse found herself in awkward situations, A foodie union is taking this well-known Charlotte food photographer to Houston, Its a yes: Clover teen shakes off nerves to earn American Idol golden ticket. But Ghantt, who served as an unpaid consultant to the movie and attended the big Los Angeles premiere earlier in the week, has no such reservations. [21][17], Masterminds was released in North America on September 30, 2016. The film was projected to gross $10 million from 3,042 theaters in its opening weekend. She is stunned that her career has come down to searching for such a dweeb. They actually filmed stuff on Mars [joking]. "I've moved on with my life," he said Tuesday. You can reach Kevin Ellis at 704-869-1823 or www.Twitter.com/TheGazetteKevin. Here are some notable events in history on this day some that still have an impact on us: How could Muffy start counting on her fingers at this point?? A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Ghantt ended up doing more than five years in prison, Chambers did more than 11 years. With the bandits blowing the millions on lavish and ridiculous luxuries, they leave behind a glaring trail of evidence. According to Wikipedia, one of the other conspirators got caught because she said to a bank teller: How much can I deposit before you have to report it to the feds? Dont worry, it is not drug money. Did that part make it into the movie? He played stupid so brilliantly that he will have you busting a gut uncontrollably. Soon everyone would know about the arrests in the $17 million Loomis Fargo heist. Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery.A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Then one day I met Miss Kelly Campbell. On February 1, 2013, Jim Carrey joined the cast. At the shooting range, David and Kelly discuss what they'd do with a million dollars in these Masterminds movie quotes. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. Some received probation for money laundering, many others did hard time. Kelly Campbell: [locked up in the garage] David?David Ghantt: Yeah, right here, sugar bush. If you were one of the much-smaller-than-expected group of people who caught Masterminds at the theater this weekend, and are looking for a fact-check of the events depicted on screen, here are some of the highlights of our chat with Diamant. Bride Jandice and her mother, Beryl, are about to be David's family. It happened on October 4, a Saturday. This was a comedy, after all, and not a documentary, as former Kings Mountain resident David Scott Ghantt said last week. Theres clearly a lot of humor at his expense. Question: Are you happy that Wilkesboro-nativeZach Galifianakis plays you in the movie? At one point, the hoodlum shows up and Ghantt is wearing a Jerome Bettis Pittsburgh Steelers jersey; the hoodlums favorite team is the Steelers, and he caves and tells Ghantt that McKinney wants him dead. She has to be so charming and sweet that this guy will create this crime just because he likes her. The movie was overly silly and, based on a post-screening conversation with former Observer reporter Jeff Diamant who wrote a detailed 279-page book about the occasionally funny but mostly just-plain fascinating crime, titled Heist much of what wound up in the film is fiction. In that aspect, maybe the movie does stick to the course of events a bit. The guy Steve Chambers hired to killed Ghantt was someone who would deliver money to him while he hid out near Cozumel. Masterminds (2016) follows David Ghantt (Zach Galifianakis), a night guard at an armored car company who lives a monotonous life transporting millions of other peoples money with no escape in sight. [13][16], The film was released in the United States on September 30, 2016. He always wanted a life of adventure, but settled for much less, at least until he met Miss Kelly Campbell. The Loomis Fargo Robbery in North Carolina also known as the Hillbilly Heist was the second largest cash theft on U.S. soil at the time. Ghantt:I don't think he ever really meant to harm me. A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. What Happened: Campbell announced her departure on her LinkedIn page. That strikes me as an incredible opportunity.David Ghantt: You talking about robbing a bank?Steve Chambers: How hard can it be? Based on the October 1997 Loomis Fargo robbery. Ghantt: My cut was supposed to be about $5 million, but that's not what I ended up with. Explain? "I'm glad I've grown out of that.". In real life: Mostly true. David sneaks in and rescues Kelly. CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ A woman who helped plan the $17 million robbery of armored car company Loomis, Fargo & Co. was sentenced Tuesday to nearly six years in prison and ordered to pay back more than $4 million. I hope everyone has moved on. Three celebrity contestants, Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, and Johnathan Corbblah face off against mere mortals in "Masterminds," hosted by Brooke Burns. Ow! 24, 2005 (23 spots after Alex Smith, one ahead of Jason Campbell). By the size of the crowd inside theRegal Franklin Square Stadium 14 theater, a lot of other people wanted to see the Hollywood version of a story many people around here still remember. Steve plans to cut him loose but Kelly thinks it would be wrong to abandon him. The question posed to Muffy was - Since 1949 Canada has how many provinces? Pat Sajak was noticeably absent during the bonus round in the Wheel of Fortune episode that aired on Wednesday, April 26, 2023. The first 30 minutes of the movie stay close enough to what really happened, but then it veers wildly off course. 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Three celebrity contestants, Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, and Johnathan Corbblah face off against mere mortals in "Masterminds," hosted by Brooke Burns.Three celebrity contestants, Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, and Johnathan Corbblah face off against mere mortals in "Masterminds," hosted by Brooke Burns.Three celebrity contestants, Ken Jennings, Muffy Marracco, and Johnathan Corbblah face off against mere mortals in "Masterminds," hosted by Brooke Burns. When Steve refuses to wire the money, his two friends kidnap Kelly and he tells David to get a ticket to South America in exchange for her release. Discover the MBTI personality type of 6 popular Masterminds (Movies) characters and find out which ones you are most like! Theatrical release poster with the films original release month, Wyatt Redd (September 2, 2018; updated February 7, 2019), "Was 'Masterminds' the Last Straw for Relativity? Realizing that he cannot bring himself to kill her, they switch tickets just as the three Interpol agents attempt to catch David. What is the guys name in masterminds? CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM 1998 and ACTORS IN MOVIE. David did not make it back to the United States on his own as shown in the film. "[29] Richard Brody of The New Yorker also gave praise to the film, writing that "Yes, the comedy is funnyeven when its not laugh-out-loud funny, its sparklingly inventive and charmingly loopybut, above all, it has the religious intensity and spiritual resonance that marks all of Hesss other films, and it extends his world of ideas into wild new realms, extends his vision into darker corners of existence than he had formerly contemplated." A guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. There are 150 days until fall (September 23, 2023). We all just had the best time working on this movie in Asheville, North Carolina. Ghantt was in fact hiding out in Mexico using McKinneys I.D., which had been sold to Chambers months earlier. Cornelius resident Karis Stucker is on the newest season of The Great American Baking Show.. So the last third of the movie is almost entirely fiction. Day 2 grade: B+. In real life: Yes and no. That story would be hard to beat. Its funny when they all come out around the same time because you shoot them so far apart. In real life: False. Chambers, who still lives in Gaston County and operates a gym, declined to comment. One other spoiler: The real-life Steve Chambers and David Ghantt pop up at the end of the movie. Ghantt went on to explain that he left for his flight to Mexico with about $25,000, and that two or three deliveries of extra money was made to him by the man Chambers would pay to kill him. It's like a fart transplant. Ghantt fled to Mexico. Back in 1997, with the closest thing to adventure being an open spot at Loomis Fargo armoured car business, David Ghantt, a shy, quiet man in his forties, entered the world of thrill and excitement, following his dream. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title.
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